Transit remand for hit-and-run case accused

Shahnawaz Khan (24), resident of West Bengal, was arrested here on Monday and produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Pooran Chand who allowed Kolkata Police’s plea to take him to Kolkata for his interrogation. He was brought to the court in muffled face. 

“In view of the facts and circumstances, the accused be given in transit remand to sub-inspector Sumit Bhattacharya to be produced before CMM Calcutta on January 20,” the court said. The court also said that if the police along with the accused reach Kolkata before or after January 20, he be produced before the duty magistrate. 

Khan was arrested from Ajmeri Gate in Central Delhi by a team of Kolkata Police, Anti-Rowdy Section of Detective department at Lal Bazar, Kolkata. 

According to the police, Khan was in the Audi Q7 being driven by Sambia Sohrab, which allegedly mowed down Corporal Abhimanyu Gaud during the rehearsal of Republic Day parade on January 13 in Kolkata.